Title: The 4Gs of Purpose
Number of pages: 88
Author: Foluke Ademokun
Reviewer: Yetunde Oladeinde
Publisher: Crefx Publishing
The book titled the 4G’s of purpose identifies God, gifts, grace and glory as the basic needs of anyone who wants to explore his or her purpose in life. In the introduction the author goes on to inform the readers that it is one thing for man to possess the attributes of God and another is to know the value while allowing grace to produce the manifestation. Giftings, she opines is inadequate to fulfill life’s purpose. “Every man needs God’s working grace to manifest God’s glory, dreams, purposes and aspirations.
In chapter one titled; the grace to succeed, she uses the example of senator John Sidney McCain III, one time presidential candidate of US Republican party, United states of America to buttress the point that his steps were ordered by God in spite of his initial challenges. “ Prior to being a senator, he was elected as a Congress man in 1983. That McCain died a hero almost at 82 was a feat made possible by Providence. He had served previously in the United States army but was brought down by a missile during his 23rd bombing mission over Hanoi, North Vietnam”
Grace, she further explained is God’s approach to boosting Man’s relevance on earth. It is the hallmark of our spiritual and material achievements.
In chapter two, the author looks at how to discover your gift of grace. Here she emphasis the fact that discovering the real you is by the grace of God. Many, she informed are not aware of the abilities that the human mind is capable of. Next the author goes into different sub themes to talk about how to enjoy the full benefits of grace,They include: joy of the lord, the ability to receive grace. Grace promotes recognition and appreciation of gifts and sacrifice activate Grace, being cautious and Grace can be revealed.
In a very simple and creative language, the author carried the readers along in her fluid style.
In chapter three titled, ‘Understand the working Grace , she talked about the increasing rate of Suicide on university campuses across Nigeria calling for more urgent interventions for young persons.
*Currently, the society adopts a unidimensional cognitive reward system that is at variance with the multi dimensional approach to reward excellence in talents and skills.
With every trial, Grace Lurks and Grace works with time and chance are some of the topics, she addresses in the chapter.
How the heck is Grace relevant in this age?, Giving increases Grace, The secret of Networking and collaborations are addressed in chapter four, five and six respectively.
In chapter seven , the author fries to identify the Booby traps in fulfilling purpose. “The human nature presupposes that our giftings, talents and ideas form the link through. which we network. So, each time you refuse to relinquish something of value to someone around you, you may be having your hands too full to receive something of value from another. That is the way God has wired the earth”.
To understand the different personality traits and hot they relate to the subject matter, the author goes a step further looking at how they affect purpose under different sub sections like the foolish person, the wicked person, the envious person and the deceitful person”.
In chapter Eight, Ademokun concludes with the topic, “ Your pain is your purpose. “To find your purpose, you must adopt a business approach: Find the needs and add value. Do not make the mistake of making money your goal.Make a ‘capture’ value by investing in people and situations”.
Be observant, ask questions, Do something are some of steps the author identified as she urged the reader to convert pain to purpose.
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